What the Bible says about Guidance, Divine
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Proverbs 29:18 Vision - having well-formed goals - is an absolute necessity to anybody who is going anywhere. Vision in this verse can be translated "revelation," which in turn means "divine guidance." If one would recast this proverb into modern English, it would read something like this: "Without divine guidance, people cast off restraint." John W. Ritenbaugh Sanctification and the Teens Related Topics: Divine Guidance | Guidance from God | Guidance, Divine | Restraint, Casting off | Revelation | Vision

Proverbs 29:18 The New King James Version says, "Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but happy is he who keeps the law." Normally, people do not want to perish. We are in the church because we do not want to perish either. This assumed that we have a vision, there has been a revelation to us, of a purpose to life. If the revelation or the vision is not there, what do people do? They cast off restraint. The vision, the revelation of God, makes a person walk a certain path. If it were not for that revelation or vision, we would at the very least passively wander off the path. The Living Bible translates this verse, "Where there is no revelation, the people run wild"! It is a bit more active and a harsher interpretation, and perhaps this paraphrase is actually more descriptive of what is happening in the world. If people do not have the vision of what God is going to accomplish through the resurrection of the dead, they cast off all restraint, run wild - they do whatever comes to mind, whatever hope, whatever desire, whatever longing strikes them. Does that make them stick to the straight and narrow path that leads to the Kingdom of God? Of course not. They are constantly going contrary to the true direction, off the path. John W. Ritenbaugh The Resurrection From the Dead Related Topics: Divine Guidance | Guidance from God | Guidance, Divine | Restraint, Casting off | Resurrection | Revelation | Vision | Vision of God

Proverbs 29:18 Proverbs 29:18 in the New Living Bible says, "When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild." It does not mean that those without vision were "screaming Mimi's" running around tearing their hair out or something of that nature. It simply means that those without the revelation of God, those without godly vision, live purposeless lives. Their lives are lived lawlessly and in vanity - without direction. Therefore, for a group to be unified, all must have the same vision of where to go in life. We cannot do that until we all believe the same things. John W. Ritenbaugh Unity (Part 5): Ephesians 4 (B) Related Topics: Direction | Divine Guidance | Guidance from God | Guidance, Divine | Lawlessness | Restraint, Casting off | Revelation | Unity | Vanity | Vision | Vision of God

 

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